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Kōjirō Hongō
was a Japanese actor. Hongo won an Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1959. His notable international performances were in the Daiei Studios Gamera films. Selected filmography Film * ''Geo Tree'' (1959) * '' The Demon of Mount Oe'' (1960) * '' Satan's Sword'' (1960) * '' Satan's Sword II'' (1960) * ''Buddha'' (1960) * '' Satan's Sword 3'' (1961) * ''The Whale God'' (1962) * '' The Great Wall'' (1962) * '' Zero Fighters'' (1965) * '' Gamera vs. Barugon'' (1966) * '' Return of Daimajin'' (1966) * '' Gamera vs. Gyaos'' (1967) * '' The Woman Gambler'' (1967) * '' Gamera vs. Viras'' (1968) * '' Peony Lantern'' (1968) * '' Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts'' (1969) * '' Hiken yaburi'' (1969) * '' Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword'' (1969) * '' The Falcon Fighters'' (1969) * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1969) * '' Gateway to Glory'' (1970) * '' Karate for Life'' (1977) * '' Gamera: Guardian of the Universe'' (1995) * '' Tokyo Mafia'' (1995) * '' Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okayama
is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 700,940 and a population density of 890 people per km2. The total area is . The city is the site of Kōraku-en, known as one of the top three traditional gardens in Japan, and Okayama Castle, which is ranked among the best 100 Japanese castles. The city is famous as the setting of the Japanese fable ''Momotarō''. Okayama joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. History Sengoku period to Bakumatsu period Before the Muromachi period, Okayama was one corner of a farm region and included a small castle built by the Kanemitsu. In the Sengoku period, Ukita Naoie attacked Okayama and attacked the castle for the transportation resources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiken Yaburi
is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro. It is based on Kosuke Gomi's novel . The film depicts the early years of Horibe Yasubei and Tange Tenzen's relationship. Cast *Hiroki Matsukata as Tange Tenzen *Kojiro Hongo as Nakayama Yasubei * Yumi Iwai as Nagao Chiharu * Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Nagao Ryunosuke * Yoshihiko Aoyama as Asano Takumi no Kami * Shousaku Sugiyama as Kira Yoshinaka * Yoshi Katō as Horibe Yasubei * Tatsuo Matsumura as Chisaka Takafusa was a high-ranking samurai in Japan during the Edo period. He was a ''karō'' in the Yonezawa Domain under the Uesugi clan. He is also known as . Although he died prior to the events of the Forty-seven rōnin, he appears in fictional accounts, i ... Other adaptations * '' Samurai Vendetta'' References Jidaigeki films 1960s samurai films 1960s Japanese films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeda Shingen (TV Series)
is a 1988 Japanese historical television series. It is the 26th NHK Taiga drama. It is based on the novels by Jirō Nitta of the same title. It had the average viewing rating of 39.7%, with its peak reaching 47.8%. It had the second highest average viewership rating in its history with only a 0.5% difference to the previous year's Taiga drama One-Eyed Dragon Masamune. Plot The series focuses on the life of Takeda Shingen during the Sengoku period. The narrator is Takeda Shingen's mother, Ōi-no-kata, who tells the story to the audience. Even when she dies mid-way through the main story, it is her spirit who continues to narrate the events and watch over her son until the very end. It covers from when Shingen exiled his father to his funeral three years after his death. Production *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi Cast Takeda clan *Kiichi Nakai as Takeda Shingen **Claude Maki as young Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori *Mikijirō Hira as Takeda Nobutora, Shingen's father * Ay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokusō Saizensen
was a long running popular television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1977 to 1987. Aired on TV Asahi. It stars Hideaki Nitani. Cast * Hideaki Nitani as Kyōsuke Kamishiro (Boss of the Special Investigation Division) * Hiroshi Fujioka as Tetsuo Sakurai * Toshiyuki Nishida as Yōzō Takasugi * Kojiro Hongo as Tsuyoshi Tachibana * Hideji Ōtaki as Ippei Funamura * Naoya Makoto as Ryuji Yoshino (1977–86) * Atsushi Watanabe as Denkichi Tokida * Kenichi Sakurai as Jirō Taki * Kiyotaka Mitsuki as Seishirō Inukai * Shigeru Araki as Akira Tsugami * Yusuke Natsu as Shunichi Kanō * Yuji Abe as Toshio Sugi * Masumi Sekiya as Mikiko Takasugi * Katsuhiko Yokomitsu is a Japanese actor and politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet (national legislature). Overviews A native of Usa, Ōita and graduate of the Universi ... as Kanichi Kurebayashi References External links To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family 2 (film)
''Family 2'' is a 2001 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike, released on home video as the sequel to his earlier film ''Family''. Plot After attacking Mutsumi headquarters with a tank, Takashi and his rescued wife Mariko hide out with Mr. Shao in Chinatown while Hideshi continues to seek out Takeshi. Hideshi finds Takeshi working in an alligator costume selling balloons. Rie wanted him to get a legitimate job and they are staying at a church down the road from where she grew up in a geisha house run by her father. Rie spends her time caring for a friend from high school who has been hospitalized since being injured in an automobile accident while Rie was driving. Rie's mother died and she does not get along with her step-mother Chiharu Ishibashi, who runs the geisha house alone now that Rie's father has also died. Chiharu feels that Rie blames her for her father's death so she angrily sells information about her daughter-in-law's location to Kenmochi's men for 20 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (2001 Film)
''Family'' is a 2001 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike. This film together with its sequel '' Family 2'' comprise the complete ''Family'' saga. Plot Iwaida of the Nishiwaki Group is sent by his boss to collect a debt. He does not find the debtor so he rapes the debtor's wife Haruko while her husband and young son Takashi hide secretly in the closet. The husband later gets drunk during the daytime and gets into a fight with some street thugs who beat him to death. His older son Hideshi encounters them and kills one of the thugs by stomping on his skull. 30 years later in Kyoto a hired killer shoots three men protecting Iwaida in a lift. The aging Iwaida, now head of the Mutsumi Group, recognizes him by a scar on his left cheek before he is shot dead by the killer. A nurse witnesses the killing but the killer lets her live. Two men later question Mr. Yoshikawa, a witness who saw the nurse on the roof at the time the murder of Iwaida was committed, but they gain no in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EM Embalming
is a 1999 Japanese horror film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Reiko Takashima. Plot Cast * Reiko Takashima as Miyako Murakami * Yutaka Matsushige as Detective Hiraoka * Seijun Suzuki as Kurume * Toshio Shiba as Dr. Fuji * Kojiro Hongo as Jion * Hitomi Miwa as Rika Shinohara * Masatoshi Matsuo as Yoshiki Shingo Reception Todd Brown of Twitch Film commented that Shinji Aoyama is creating a subtle parody of the Japanese horror film industry. Stina Chyn of Film Threat noted that ''EM Embalming'' is one of the few Japanese horror films that contains actual non-creepy segments. Andy McKeague of Monsters and Critics felt that the film is genuinely unsettling and morbidly fascinating at the same time. Mike Bracken of IGN criticized the film, saying that ''EM Embalmings greatest failure is that it often tries to be too many things at once and the film itself is almost as schizophrenic as its antagonist. However, he felt that several sequences of the embalming process are gruesome a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrath Of The Yakuza
Anger, also known as wrath ( ; ) or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong, uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt, or threat. A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, such as increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as an emotion that triggers part of the fight or flight response. Anger becomes the predominant feeling behaviorally, cognitively, and physiologically when a person makes the conscious choice to take action to immediately stop the threatening behavior of another outside force. Anger can have many physical and mental consequences. The external expression of anger can be found in facial expressions, body language, physiological responses, and at times public acts of aggression. Facial expressions can range from inward angling of the eyebrows to a full frown.Michael Kent, ''Anger'', The Oxford Dictionary of Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Mafia
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the world recognizes Tokyo as a city, since 1943 its governing structure has been more akin to that of a prefecture, with an accompanying Governor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian Of The Universe
The Guardians of the Universe are a race of extraterrestrial superhero characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Green Lantern. They first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #1 (July 1960), and were created by John Broome and Gil Kane. The Guardians of the Universe have been adapted to a number of films, television programs, and video games. The Guardians of the Universe are the founders and leaders of the interstellar law enforcement agency known as the Green Lantern Corps, which they administer from their homeworld Oa at the center of the Universe. The Guardians resemble short humans with blue skin and white hair. They are depicted as being immortal and are the oldest living beings created in the Universe. History Background The Guardians evolved on the planet Maltus, being among the first intelligent life forms in the universe. At this time, they were tall, grayish-blue humanoids with black hair, who roughly resemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate For Life
Karate for Life ( ) is a 1977 Japanese martial arts film about the martial arts master Mas Oyama starring Sonny Chiba. It is to Champion of Death and Karate Bear Fighter and is the third part in the , a series of movie adaptations of the Karate Baka Ichidai by Ikki Kajiwara. Like the previous two films, it was a combination of starring Sonny Chiba and director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. Plot Cast *Sonny Chiba as Mas Oyama *Kōjirō Hongō as Shuzō Fujita *Hideo Murota as Great Yamashita *Yōko Natsuki is an actress, born 24 October 1952 in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. She started her career in the 1977 movie Karate for Life. One of her television roles was as Osono, a ninja in the jidaigeki series ''Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun.'' ... as Reiko *Asao Uchida as Ryu Hō Gen * Masashi Ishibashi as Gōzō Yonashima References External links * 1977 films Japanese martial arts films 1970s Japanese-language films Karate films Films directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gateway To Glory
Gateway often refers to a gate or portal. Gateway or The Gateway may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''Gateway'' (film), a 1938 drama * ''The Gateway'' (2015 film), a horror film * ''The Gateway'' (2017 film), a science-fiction film * ''The Gateway'' (2021 film), a crime thriller Music * Gateway (band), a jazz trio featuring John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette, and Dave Holland ** ''Gateway'' (Gateway album) (1976) * ''Gateway'' (Bongzilla album) * ''Gateway'', an album by Erik Wøllo Literature * ''Gateway'' (novel), a 1977 science-fiction novel by Frederik Pohl * Gateway (comics), a supporting character in Marvel's ''X-Men'' series * ''The Gateway'' (student magazine), the student magazine at the University of Alberta, Canada * ''The Gateway'' (student newspaper), a UK student business and careers newspaper * SF Gateway, a science-fiction imprint of British book publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd * Gateway Editions, a philosophy imprint of American book publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
